IN TWO A LITTLE RAIN MUST FALL. FOR EXAMPLE VISITING THE DENTIST FOR A ROOT CANAL, BEING MISTAKEN AS PREGNANT, NEVER GOOD. HOSTING THE IN-LAWS FOR AN EXTENDED STAY, OR AS J.C. POINTS OUT, WRANGLING OVER THE PRICE OF A NEW CAR. FOR MANY FOLKS, NEGOTIATING WITH A CAR SALESMAN IS A LESS THAN APPETIZING PROSPECT. BUYING A CAR TRADITIONALLY IS NOT A FUN EXPERIENCE. BUT RONNY, A SALESMAN WITH THE CENTRAL AUTO GROUP, IS CONVINCED THE WAY TO HIS CUSTOMERS' HEARTS IS THROUGH THEIR STOMACHS. FOOD TENDS TO MITIGATE A LOT OF FEAR AND BRING PEOPLE DOWN TO MORE OF A WELCOME TO MY HOME TYPE ATMOSPHERE, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS GRILL DOES. THE JEEP GRILL. A FULL SERVICE RESTAURANT TUCKED AWAY IN THE BACK OF CENTRAL AUTO'S JEEP CHRYSLER DODGE SHOWROOM ON ROUTE 1 IN NORWOOD. TODAY'S SPECIAL IS FRESH COD WITH RICE AND RED PEPPER AOLI GLAZE, SO IT RUNS THE GA PUT. BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, EVERYTHING MADE FROM SCRATCH. THEY WALK BACK AND THEY GO THIS IS A CAR DEALERSHIP? I COME DOWN, HAD THE OIL CHANGED, BEEF RAVIOLI, IT'S GREAT. BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS TAKE CAR TROUBLE TO DRIVE NORWOOD'S WHITEY MCKENZIE TO THE JEEP GRILL. HE'S AMONG THE GROWING NUMBER OF FOLKS DROPPING IN TO THE JEEP GRILL FOR THE FOOD AND ATMOSPHERE ALONE. ONCE IN A WHILE I JUST SWING IN TO EAT, TALK TO THE BOYS, THEY GOT SOME GOOD LOOKING CAR SALES LADIES, SO I TALK TO THEM. DON'T TELL MY WIFE THAT, THOUGH. OUT IN SPRINGFIELD, ANOTHER UNLIKELY LUNCH FIND. AT MOM AND RICO'S SPECIALTY MARKET. JUST MAKE YOUR WAY PAST THE PASS DISPAS IMPORTED OLIVE OIL TO THE BACK OF THE STORE. THAT'S WITH MASHED POTATOES AND THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF GREEN. RIVER DAY HE AND HIS FAMILY PUT OUT A RIDICULOUSLY LAVISH BUFFET, ALL HOME MADE FOR JUST 5.99 A POUND. YOU CAN GRAB A DOLLAR, TWO DOLLARS, $5, YOU CAN SIT HERE AND EAT OR TAKE IT HOME AND WHEN YOU WATCH JEOPARDY AND WHEEL OF FORTUNE YOU'RE ALL SET. AND CHRONICLE, TV 5. HE HAS SOME MEAN SUBS AS WELL, BUT THERE'S ONE THAT IS EXCEEDINGLY KIND TO THE WALLET, ONLY 1.43. 1.43, SAME PRICE AS 1976, IT'S A HAM AND CHEESE SANDWICH WITH LETTUCE, TOMATOES CHEESE AND A LITTLE MAYONNAISE. I DOESN'T SEEM TO BOTHER HIM THAT HE EATS A LOT -- I PROBABLY GAVE AWAY MORE THAN I SOLD. BUT HIS GREATEST PASSION IS NO SECRET TO ANYONE WITH WITHIN EYE SHOT OF 899 MAIN STREET. EVERY SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE A BOCCE COURT. RICO IS ON A ONE-MAN CRUSADE TO MAKE BOCCE AS WELL-KNOWN AS BOWLING. BACK IN 1995 I WROTE THE FIRST BOCCE BOOK. HE GOT THIS ITALIAN SPORT ADDED TO THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS THE THE EARLY 90'S, AND HE NEVER MISSES A CHANCE TO PRESS THE CASE FOR BOCCE ON UNSUSPECTING POWER BROKERS. IF I COULD EVER GET A BOCCE COURT AT THE WHITE HOUSE, LOOK OUT, THE WORLD WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE, BECAUSE ANYBODY CAN PLAY. BUT THE KEY TO THIS IS THAT 70-YEAR-OLD CAN PLAY WITH THAT 10-YEAR-OLD. IN ADDITION TO BOCCE BALLS AND JERSEYS, RICO CARRIES HIS EXCLUSIVE LINE OF BOCCE SODAS. WE HAVE NINE BOCCE DISEESD BECAUSE THERE'S NINE BOCCE BALLS AND THERE'S NINE PLAN NETS OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. THEN THERE'S THE BOCCE WINE. THESE ARE MY BOCCE WINES THAT I CREATED, AS YOU CAN TELL MY HEAD IS ALWAYS SPINNING. AND HE HAS ALSO CREATED NINE BOCCE CARTOON CHARACTERS, ONE MAKES APPEARANCES AT LOCAL CIVIC EVENTS AND ANOTHER HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A GIANT PARADE BALLOON. IT'S 40-FOOT HIGH, 40 FEET WIDE, AND IT'S JUST HUGE. FOR RICO, THE SKY IS THE LIMIT FOR BOCCE. BOCCE IS FIVE MINUTES TO LEARN, A LIFETIME TO MASTER.